some advice for a beginner (1 Viewer)

[ballyscanlon]

hello.

first of all i have to admit that i know nothing about toy soldiers other than playing with them as a child (so this maybe the wrong forum to post in). i am a new york based photographer. the project i am working on is purely a personal one.

i am interested in finding some interesting soldier figures around the 2" size. i am interested in all eras of war, but mostly to the 20th century. the type i am looking for would be pretty generic (unpainted). i have been coming across a lot of grey WWII figures too, that i like.

i am wondering is there a place in new york city that i could walk into and maybe looking and buy something like this? if not, is there a good web site that i could try?

thank you in advance.

john

 

[jazzeum]

Try Classic Toys. They're in Brooklyn and web based. Their owner, Gideon, is a member here. Why don't you try sending him a private message?

Welcome aboard. I never collected until 2 years ago and now I'm hard core. So you might wind up liking it. Also there's a show in late October over at Fairleigh Dickinson and you may want to check it out. It's the biggest toy soldier show in the East.

 

[gk5717]

Go to www.conteco.com, in my opinion he (Conte) does the best unpainted plastic figures on the market today.
Gary

 

[Wraith]

I agree with Gary. Toy Soldiers of San Diego do well detailed figures and have US Infantry, Germans (winter) and Russians (winter) with 8 poses a piece (appear slightly larger than the Conte figures), website at:

www.sdsoldiers.com

but my money is still on the Conte WWII figures, especially the 2 British Para sets and the German sets 2, 3, and 4 (if you can find any of set 4).

Simon

 

[Shannon Reuss]

Don't forget to check out W. Britain if you're looking for WWII plastics.
Why we happen to have them on our website
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/plastic.shtml
(By the way I moved your thread out of King & Country over here to plastics. If you weren't just looking for plastics we can move it to general toy soldier discussion.)

Regards,

 

[kilted vampire]

Welcome to toy soldiers anonymous John Another webbased company out of NJ is ToySoldierco .com. Lots ans Lots of unpainted plastics.Also Armies in Plastic. Scanlon , Huh? Any cousins inSF Bay area? Fine Irish name that. Slan.

 

[fishead19690]

hello.

first of all i have to admit that i know nothing about toy soldiers other than playing with them as a child (so this maybe the wrong forum to post in). i am a new york based photographer. the project i am working on is purely a personal one.

i am interested in finding some interesting soldier figures around the 2" size. i am interested in all eras of war, but mostly to the 20th century. the type i am looking for would be pretty generic (unpainted). i have been coming across a lot of grey WWII figures too, that i like.

i am wondering is there a place in new york city that i could walk into and maybe looking and buy something like this? if not, is there a good web site that i could try?

thank you in advance.

john

http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/links.htm This is a link to a site that has links to just about all the toy soldier sites you,ll need. Just scroll down to shops and suppliers and shop till you drop!

 

[Wraith]

shop till you drop!

or until your other half discovers your Visa bills and cuts your cards up, whichever happens soonest.......

Simon

 

[kilted vampire]

http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/links.htm This is a link to a site that has links to just about all the toy soldier sites you,ll need. Just scroll down to shops and suppliers and shop till you drop!

That is an amazing link page I have seen some of the other link pages they have but wow!